Robert James Ritchi Quotes
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I don't read books. I like to read newspapers and magazines, but I've never learnt to enjoy books or novels.
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There's no way anyone in the world is having more fun than I am. I truly believe that.
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And there's a feeling you get from making music that is unlike anything else in the world.
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Are some women and children going to die? Yeah. But it's doing the right thing. You got money, you sit around talking about peace. People who don't have money need some help.
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I know a lot of people who are struggling musicians; it's a hard life, and I've risked being that. The rewards are tremendous now that I've made it, I thank God every day. But I put it all on the line for it.
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I always looked up to so many people before me and was lucky to become such good friends with them. I learned so much hanging out with those cats.
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Getting married was a ball. Being married was... a nightmare.
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I'm in awe of people like Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard; they're great musicians and people. But I'm most starstruck by people in the small town where I live. Especially single dads, like me, who are working five times as hard to raise their kids.
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I just have never got into reading.
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I signal with an independent label, Continuum. After that I put out a totally independent record, sold fourteen thousand of them from my basement, bought a house, started raising my kid, made a decent living.
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A lot of people told me that I'm committing musical suicide with my sound.
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There's so many examples of just how lucky we are to be born anywhere in this world that is free.
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I didn't come from a trailer park. I grew up middle class and my dad had money and my mom made my lunch. I got a car when I was sixteen. I'm proud of that.
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I want as many people as possible to hear my music. I'm happy to entertain people by being a star.
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People love to hate other people.
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I'm all about change, and I know things are going to move forward in life, and that's just how it goes.
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When you're on TV in America, the girls love you. I'm not complaining.
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Make no mistake: Bob Ritchie's up early in the morning taking pictures of his son on the first day of his senior year. Kid Rock is passed out in a hotel room somewhere with four scantily-clad women.
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I care less if I can't be part of your scene because I am the scene. I am everything that is.
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I collect cars and bikes. One of my most special rides is a black 1930s Cadillac V16, and then I've got a few West Coast choppers.
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Surround yourself with good people. Whether they're the best or not, people are capable of learning if they've got good hearts and they're good souls.
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I'm not a greedy man; there really is nothing I couldn't live without. But if there was a fire, and I saved my child and my pets, I'd be happy.
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I have been to anger management twice. After the first session the lady was like, 'Baby, you don't seem that angry at all. You seem like a really nice guy.'
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I make a lot of money. I can take a pay cut. All my friends are taking pay cuts that are in the unions, that are - that are farming in Alabama or whatever it is. I can surely take a pay cut, too, not cutting down my show or - or the people that work for me, I can take a pay cut.